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Silver Spoon
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Spoon front calipers and rear Spoon brake pads give this car serious stopping power. As I was following close to the camera car going about 60mph, Ichishima was in the right lane (wrong lane in Japan) to get a shot from the side. A car came around the corner and the camera car had to swerve back in front of me and slammed on the brakes instantly. Surprising, despite the fact that I was inches away from crashing the car, I felt at ease as I somehow knew that these brakes would not fail me. The immediate information you feel from the brakes gives the driver a secure sense. No problem, we just kept on going as if nothing happened just like on the race track.

Spoon noticed that there were many S2K owners bringing in their cars to Type One (Spoon’s speed shop) with broken upper arm attachment areas. These days the S2K is driven hard at the tracks with 18-inch wheels. A car that was originally designed to have only 17-inches just cannot withstand that kind of weight and constant strain. That’s why Spoon developed a specially designed gazette to enforce the stay. The Spoon gazette is a metal plate made of high tensile steel that is formed to shape and welded on to the body. This light high-tech steel from the future is the best-kept secret in motorsports. The reason why Spoon is where it is at today is not because of a monster Honda they built but because they invest in the little things. Everyone wants to brag about more horses and not about the geeky metal plate that no one can see. But once on the road and in the race, that little metal plate will make a big difference in performance. The stability and balance it gives to the car is incredible. The stock car without the gazette felt like vague but with the Spoon reinforced a-arm attachments handling was razor sharp. Talk about driving thru corners on rails. There is always sufficient grip up the front so there was never a scary moment ripping thru the corners.

Sitting inside this car felt like buckling down in a race car. The stock seat and the Spoon steering wheel allows you to handle the car with ease. The S2000 is known to be peaky but this one was very easy and responsive at the same time.

The highlight of the car is the full Spoon wide body kit and coupe hard top. The entire kit comprises of a hard top, front wide fenders, rear fenders, S-tai front bumper, S-tai rear bumper and the S-tai hood. S-tai stands for Super Taikyu where all of these parts have been proven to be winning solutions aerodynamically. The 3D GT Wing and rear diffusers are made of carbon fiber. The 3D GT wing can withstand powerful downforce by its multi-chamber inner construction. It’s 59.5-inches wide and sits 13-inches up from the rear hatch. Together with the removable coupe tail piece it gives the car optimum wind resistance and down force to plaster the rear end to the ground.

And we proved it time and time again, plastering the Spoon S2000’s three identical rear ends all over Hakone. When you pay attention to detail with the ferocity that Spoon does, you end up with a race car you can drive with ease on the streets. So the next time you see a pile of breakfast noodles on the side of Hakone, remember – Spoon probably did that too.